Who knows about Irish National Lottery ?

Question

is this true ? several day ago i got e-mail like this :

Congratulation Lucky Winner!!!

Friday, 25 Juli, 2008 19:36

From:

"Irish National Lottery" <[e-mail]>

Subscribe sender to contact

To:

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Ref:UK/9420X2/68

Batch:074/05/ZY369

We are happy to announce that you are one of our Lucky Four(4) Star Prize Winner

in this months edition of the Irish Lottery in England.This makes you a proud

winner of a cash prize of £1,350,000 Contact Dr. Chris Williams with the following

informations. Name,Address,Age,Occupation,Country

Email: [e-mail]

Dr. Chris Williams

what should i do ? thanks.

Answer 1

ignore it ..irish lottery do not email winners ..

and

dcu is dublin city university...so its a dumb student playin a prank on you...

Answer 2

go to the bookies , that is where they do the irish  lottery

Answer 3

big load of kaaak

Answer 4

It&#039;s an obvious con trick.  First off, the Irish lottery is in Ireland, not England.  That would be like saying, Congratulations, you&#039;ve won the American lottery of Canada!

Next is the nonsense that an Irish lottery would give a prize in UK pounds,  The currency in Ireland is the Euro.  It never was the pound.

Finally, the idea that a free lottery would give away around $2m+ per month to random strangers who didn&#039;t play the lottery or pay to participate is clearly a complete fantasy.

Also, why would Dr. Chris Williams need to know your occupation?  Since when is that relevant to a lottery win?

It&#039;s just another horribly transparent email con trick.  You didn&#039;t win, and there is no pot of gold for you.

Answer 5

Well, let&#039;s examine this rationally:

*  Did you enter the lottery?  (The answer, I&#039;m sure, is no).

*  &quot;July&quot; is spelled with a &quot;y&quot; not an &quot;i.&quot;

*  The email misspells &quot;months.&quot;  It should be possessive with an apostrophe.

*  Why in the world would they ask for your name if they know you won and know your email address to contact you????

A native English speaker, and representative of a national lottery would spell things correctly in an email and, for that matter, would not contact actual winners by email.

It is a scam.  Delete the email and don&#039;t respond.  Take a look at the website, Snopes.